"These are animals, not people": Zelensky frees convicted child rapists, torturers to reinforce depleted military - The Grayzone
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Once condemned by Ukrainian officials and imprisoned for sadistic torture and the rape of minors, leaders of the notorious Tornado Battalion are free under Volodymyr Zelensky’s orders. After banning virtually his entire political opposition, publishing a blacklist of foreign journalists and academics accused of advancing “Russian propaganda,” and ramming through a law exempting 70% of Ukrainians from workplace protections, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksy has freed from prison fascist militants convicted of some of the most heinous crimes the country has […]

A long article by Esha Krishnaswamy about the background and historical circumstances of Tornado battalion whose members have been released from prison by Zelensky. It covers their previous unit’s history and the events that lead to their current formation; the abuses of Tornado battalion while occupying the LDPR; and the crimes revealed in the trial of Tornado battalion’s members.

  • @HaSch
    2•2 years ago

    It deeply disturbs me that their numbers apparently make a meaningful addition to the military

    • @PolandIsAStateOfMind
      1•2 years ago

      There’s article today how Ukraine since beginning of war lost 50000 armed personnel killed, 150000 wounded and 100000 MIA (presumably most of them desertions) - that’s half their overall numbers including paramilitary and armed militias. And it means the rest of them is probably in very sorry shape in terms of morale and reliability. In such conditions even small numbers of fanatic veterans can make some difference… especially that this entire setup just scream “einsatzgruppe”.